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By David Emery, About.com Guide to Urban Legends since 1997

Serena Williams 'Interview'

Tuesday December 7, 2004
In a purported interview currently circulating via email, black tennis star Serena Williams allegedly says, "If you are a successful black female you only have two choices.... date outside of your race or date other successful black females." She goes on to say, supposedly, that "the state of most black men is so low the only thing you can do is love them. Like a poor homeless dog."  I'm still investigating, but on the face of it there's little reason to believe any of the quotes are authentic.

Update: A bulletin from the Electronic Urban Report confirms that the "interview" is a hoax. "I would never, ever, under any circumstance, be so disrespectful," Serena Williams is quoted as saying. "No one deserves to be humiliated and defamed this way."  Read more...
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